Well, I'm way behind on entries but I do have a few more weeks of work ready to blog once I compile the photographs and documentation of the smoke drawings. We passed our final review (yay!) and are in the process of completing the book, so the final chapters should be ready to share very soon.



There's still a bit more house to take down, but we've come much further than I thought we could in a few short months. The above photograph was taken three days ago – we aren't salvaging the addition so two rooms on the main floor are all that remain. We're going out to the site again for another week before the end of the month, which means there's light at the end of the tunnel. On May 30th, Jordy and I are heading off to Europe (the Netherlands, Germany, Copenhagen, Sweden, Norway, and Finland) for a five week research trip funded by a pair of travel scholarships we received. When we come back, we'll have to sort out where all of the material is going and plan for a really big bonfire / wiener roast.

I also wanted to interrupt my normal week-by-week narrative to share some exciting news that's finally been made public by the Canada Council for the Arts. The firm I work for in Winnipeg, 5468796 Architecture Inc, along with Jae-Sung Chon, a professor at the University of Manitoba, have been selected to curate Canada's submission for the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture. I was able to contribute to the original proposal late last year before thesis work got too hectic, so it's been really exciting to see the project start to take shape.


Press image from website.

Here's a few links if anyone wants to read more about the submission. The exhibition is called Migrating Landscapes:

Press Release: Canada Council
Official Website: Migrating Landscapes
Firm Website: 5468796 Architecture